A Saudi prince has been executed for shooting a man dead during a mass brawl three years ago outside Riyadh.
Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir was put to death in the capital. No details were given as to how he was executed – most condemned people are beheaded.
The prince is the 134th person to be put to death this year, according to a tally compiled by the AFP news agency.
Prince Turki had been convicted by a General Court of murdering his compatriot, Adel bin Suleiman al-Muhaimeed, and sentenced to death, the interior ministry said.
The verdict and sentence were upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, and a royal decree was issued to proceed with the execution, it added.
The victim’s family refused offers of “blood money” by which they would receive financial compensation in return for not demanding the death sentence, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya network reported.
Some Saudis praised King Salman on social media for being “decisive” while others said they were pleased to see that the “law applied to everyone”.
It is rare for members of the royal family, who are estimated to number several thousand, to be executed.
One of the most well-known cases of a Saudi royal being executed was that of Faisal bin Musaid al Saud, who assassinated his uncle, King Faisal, in 1975.
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